Axis, NS-LIJ get platinum rating for Katz Women’s Hospital

By: David Winzelberg March 8, 2012Comments Off on Axis, NS-LIJ get platinum rating for Katz Women’s Hospital

Hauppauge-based Axis Construction has earned a platinum LEED certification for its work on the Katz Women’s Hospital, part of a recently completed $50 million project inside the 5-story building at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset

The platinum rating was the first in the state for work on a hospital.

Axis received a platinum rating from the U.S. Green Building Council for its three-floor renovation, according to senior project manager Frank Piccirillo. Two more projects at the hospital are also expected to achieve LEED certification, Piccirillo said.

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Another platinum rating for its work on the fourth floor and a gold designation for new construction on the fifth floor are currently being processed by the council.

By the numbers, the Katz Women’s Hospital uses 51 percent less water than allowable by Environmental Protection Agency standards and 18.6 percent less energy than allowable by American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers standards.

The first two years of electrical power used at the hospital will have been generated using renewable energy sources.

As part of the 15 months of work at the hospital, Axis had to install a 300-foot-long mechanical system that was prebuilt in North Carolina. The heating, ventilating and air conditioning system allows for maintenance of major components without the need to access patient rooms and was installed in one day.

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